Umbrella and parasol frame



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W. P. OONNER.

UMBRELLA AND PARASOL FRAME.

No. 330,566. Patented Nov. 1'7, 1885.

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BY flu/m4 4%2W ATTORNEYS.

UNITED STATES PATENT OFFICE.

WILLIAM P. CONNER, OF BLOOMSBURG, PENNSYLVANIA.

UMBRELLA AND PARASOL FRAME.

SPECIFICATION forming part of Letters Patent No. 330,566, dated November 17, 1885.

Application filed April 21, 1885. Serial No. 162,921.

To aZZ whom it may concern.-

Be it known that I, WILLIAM P. CONNER, of Bloomsburg, Columbia county, Pennsylvania, have invented a new and Improved Umbrella and Parasol Frame, of which the following is a full, clear, and exact description.

The object of my invention is to provide a new and improved umbrella and parasol frame in which the ribs and braces are so arranged that they act on each other in such a manner as to stiffen the frame and at the same time give it considerable spring.

The invention consists in an umbrella-frame having its ribs and braces arranged in pairs and the braces of each pair and ribs of each pair being connected at the hinged or pivoted ends. The ends of the braces of each pair are pivoted to adjacent ribs of two different pairs of ribs.

Reference is to be had to the accompanying drawing, forming part of this specification, in which a perspective view of my improved umbrella-frame is shown.

The ferrule or sleeve A is fixed on the stick B near the upper end, and on the said sleeves or ferrule the ribs 0 are hinged, the said ribs being formed of spring-wire in pairs-that is, two ribs being united by a cross-piece, and thus forming a U-shaped figure the shanks of whichdiverge and are the ribs 0. The crosspieces of the U-shaped ribs are passed through hinge loops or jaws D on the sleeve A, or are otherwise hinged on the said sleeve in such a manner that the ribs can be swung down against the stick. The braces E are also arranged in pairs-that is, as U shaped piecesthe shanks diverging from the cross-piece toward their ends, and the ribs are hinged on the sliding sleeve F on the stick. The crosspieces uniting the ends of the braces E of each pair are passed through loops or jaws G on the sleeve F, or are hinged in any other suitable manner. The outer ends of the braces E are pivoted to the ribs in such a manner that the ends of two united braces are connected with two adjacent ribs of two separate pairs of ribs, and in the same manner the two united ribs of one pair are connected with the separate but adjacent braces of two separate pairs of braces.

In no case are the ribs of (No model.)

one pair of connected ribs connected with two connected braces,but always with disconnected braces. The ribs 0 each have a bend, H, at their inner ends, whereby the spring of the ribs is increased. The stick B is provided with the usual spring-catch, J, for holding the ribs raised. The frame thus formed is stiff, and the ribs need not be held in place by the covering of the umbrella, as the spring-tension on the said ribs and in the braces holds them in place. The covering is not subjected to any undue strain, as in umbrellas of the usual construction.

Having thus described my invention, I claim as new and desire to secure by Letters Patent- 1. An umbrella-frame having its ribs arranged in pairs, the ribs of each pair being connected at their pivoted ends, substantially as herein shown and described.

2. An umbrella-frame having its braces arranged in pairs, and the braces of each pair being connected at the pivoted ends, substan tially as herein shown and described.

3. An umbrella-frame having two of its ribs or. two of its braces made from continuous pieces of wire, substantially as herein shown and described.

4. An umbrella-frame having its ribs and braces arranged in pairs, the ribs of each pair and the braces of each pair being connected and the outer ends of the braces of each pair being connected with adjacent ribs of two different pairs of ribs, substantially as herein shown and described.

5. An umbrella-frame having its ribs arranged in pairs, each pair being formed of a single piece of wire, and each rib having abend, H, at its pivoted end, substantially as herein shown and described.

6. In an umbrella, the combination, with the sleeve A, fixed on the stick B, of the hinge-loops D on the sleeve A, and of the ribs 0, of which two are formed of a single piece of wire, the cross-pieces uniting the ribs being passed through the hinge-loops D, substantially as herein shown and described.

WILLIAM P. OONNER.

Witnesses:

J OHN L. Woon, SAM 0. BROWN. 

